Dan Morrow

Background

About Dan Morrow

I've been interested in computers since the Apple II and Atari-2600. I started writing small programs in high-school, taking courses offered in BASIC at school and outside of school. It just seemed really cool to be able to write some code, and have it show up on screen. Over the years, I've tried to expand my knowledge in various aspects of software design. I read about agile methods and extreme programming, and would worked to persuade my colleagues about adopting such practices. At MEI, I was given the opportunity to run the Software Engineering department for a few years, so I introduced Scrum, Continuous Integration and better bug-tracking, along with some other agile principles. I feel that writing great software is a team sport… it takes a lot of coordination and communication among different groups with different skill sets. It especially takes the bravery to be honest about problems, and how difficult it may be to solve them. I like to work with talented people, and make great products. I have a lot of knowledge of software development… coding, architecture and process are all important, and are all things which I have experience with. And there is still more to learn. I hope to continue learning more about how best to do my job, and also to apply the skills which I know can make an impact to delivering great software.